Accused impaired driver plows into Fred Meyer near Foster

Fortunately, the Fred Meyer Red Tag Store at 5035 S.E. 82nd Avenue Portland - just to the north of the main S.E. Foster Road store - closes at 7 pm, as it did on the evening of Friday, November 25.

'I don't know if the guy was trying to turn around in the parking lot, or what,' said witness Andre Greene, 'But, he had the car going good enough to jump a pretty high curb, and smash into the front doors of the store.'

When we tried to speak with the store's manager, a security guard asked us to leave the property. But, even from the distant vantage point of S.E. Mitchell Street - which separates the two stores - the damage done to the this Fred Meyer outlet was clear: The eight-foot high steel frames of the doors were knocked off their hinges, and safety glass had peeled off like a giant, glassine ribbon.

Parked next to the curb was a white, 1998 Chevrolet Metro coupe - with front end damage.

An East Precinct police officer confirmed there were no injuries, and that medical assistance wasn't needed.

While we observed the scene, a PPB Traffic Division officer wheeled up on his motorcycle, and began assessing the driver with field sobriety tests.